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what would this mean on widows death certificate

auscrafts

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this is from a death certificate not the deceased womans relative but the next door neighbour it reads causing the body to be burried why would that be on a certificate is it instead of being cremated Scan_20161208 (5).jpg
 
Causing the body to be buried means they arranged the funeral. It's one of the standard qualifications for an informant on a death certificate, like being present at the death. It may mean that there were no relatives, or none around who could make the arrangements, or possibly the neighbour was the executor.
 
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